williamlondon

MplsP said:

Bloatware, takes forever to load, needs to be updated twice a week, crappy interface… I’ll keep using pages and Google docs. 

Wesley Hilliard said:

kamyk35 said:

The photographic styles would be great, because they're also entry level for colour coding, however, it's a big let down that you can only use them in HEIF (not widely adopted) not in jPeg.
As for the Ultra Wide, it's a Mickey Mouse upgrade, with the aperture staying at f2.2 and Macro is no better than on the 15 Pro Max!

Can always shoot with Photographic Styles then export as jpeg after. Sure, the aperture is the same on the Ultra Wide lens, but the detail capture is vastly improved and makes macro shots much more worthwhile at full 12MP crops instead of the previous approx 3MP crop.

surf monkey said:

Those photos look consistently horrible. Especially the cat photo. Dull, washed out and under saturated.  Apple’s “photonic engine” gets worse with each iteration in my opinion. 

Might want to adjust your monitor Each of these photos from the iPhone camera were captured with different styles with different levels of saturation, contrast, and shadows. I do tend to favor tones around minus 30 on the scale, as I believe it compensates for Apple's tendency to blow out shadows. The cat photo funny enough showed incredible performance from the iPhone camera given it was a backlit black cat. The preserved detail in the fur, the bright and colorful eyes, and the textured nose all came through despite the challenging environment.

But that's the beauty of art -- it is subjective.

iOS_Guy80 said:

Bad Monkey has become my favorite series on Apple TV+.

eightzero said:

williamlondon said:

kkqd1337 said:

Maybe it's just not for me, but I really don't see a market for something with a robotic arm that stalks you. Also Amazon already tried this and it was a bit a flop. Very niche.

I know I am not the only one who wishes Apple would use their expertise again to make home WiFi routers/networks. Its' such critical infrastructure I can't understand why the abandoned this.

First, just because *you* don't see any value doesn't mean no one sees any value, that's a bit of a narcissist's view to be quite blunt and is quite illogical. Amazon has had many flops, so even that argument doesn't hold water.

It'll be interesting to see what they come up, mostly to see how the arm stays out of the way of the directional speakers (that rendering above is strange).

As for the WiFi routers/networks, I'm with you there, but why is it either/or? Why do they have to drop one product you don't like just to re-start one you do? No reason they can't work on both, but for their reasons they don't want to be in that market anymore. Wish they'd change their minds, my eeros are okay, but I had better experience with every Apple WiFI router I owned.

NB: the quoted comment starts "Maybe it's just not for me" and then you accuse them of being self-centered? Yeesh. And pointing out Amazon tried this very thing, has nothing to do with other flops. And there's nothing in the post about the either/or you read into it. Yes, most corporations have choices about priorities, but so do individuals. But I'll ask you this: what do you think are their reasons for not being in the wifi networking hardware market anymore?